Enter any type of healthcare setting today and the need for critical thinking is evident. Particular situations require workers to process and utilize a massive amount of information. Information shared in the healthcare field changes every day. Trending in health care forces the sicker patients to go home prematurely requiring complexed decision making. The patients cared for in facilities are at a all time level of higher aquity. Just being in the current class shows all of us that technology is advancing at a rapid speed and spills over into many diverse cultures (Bradshaw & Lowenstein, 2011).
This is just a simple introduction to the purpose of this blog regarding the art of critical thinking.
The following objectives will be looked at through various methods regarding this concept:
1) Most simple definition of the concept.
2) Implication in the healthcare setting.
3) Methods in how we can educate each other within the nursing profession.
4) Sharing our knowledge to those we teach.
5) Assess the need and application to the patients to provide best possible care.
I so welcome visits, posts, questions and feedback to this blog and I so enjoy sharing this learning process with my professor and classmates! :)
Bradshaw, M. J. & Lowenstein, A. J. (Eds.). (2011). Innovative teaching strategies in nursing and related health professions (5th ed.). Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett.
Teddie,
ReplyDeleteWell said. We are experiencing a rise in the technology we work with. Not all of it is digital or electronic. I think here of things like wound care. WhenI started in school we were still putting mollasas and saran wrap on pressure wounds and now we have material that absorbs drainage, can be placed and left for days, is impregnated with silver to inhibit bacteria and so much more. Technology is everywhere.
Oh my...I remember those days and can't say I don't miss them. I am surrounded by technology and sometimes feel overwhelmed.
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Teddie,
ReplyDeleteCritical thinking skills are so essential in any area of nursing. In the ED, nurses have to apply their critical thinking skills rapidly and the smallest detail can not be missed because this can cause harm to a patient. It is essential for all nurses to continue educationing themselves on new technologies and applying their critical thinking skills.
Christie...thanks for your post. I can imagine where you work is the most critical place for "critical" thinking..
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